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Bangladesh: Main opposition leader sent to jail days after anti-government
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir sent to jail in a case filed over an attack on the chief justice's home allegedly by BNP activists, Dhaka Tribune reported on Sunday.
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Bangladesh political rallies spark clashes: BNP activist, policeman dies
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangladesh's major political parties BNP and Awami League held protests with scattered violence ahead of expected elections in January 2024.
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Anti-Pakistan protest rages in PoK, administration launches crackdown on s
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The illegally occupied PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) region is echoing with massive protests against Pakistan and its stooge administration. Four months on, there have been continuous protests all across PoK against sky-high inflation and heavy electricity bills and taxes.
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UN Security Council members express concerns over Afghan women's role, esp
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Several members of the United Nations Security Council members have expressed concerns about human rights violations and women's rights in Afghanistan, stating that women, including female journalists and human rights activists, are facing violence in public places, Khaama Press reported on
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Maharashtra govt committed to providing reservation to Maratha community:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday expressed condolence over the death of two people from the Maratha community and appealed to the activists not to commit suicide.
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Gilgit Baltistan: Locals protest arrest of activist, say Pakistan misusing
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Residents launched a protest against the local administration in the Skardu district of Gilgit Baltistan over the arrest of Shabbir Mayyar, a prominent activist who was demanding the opening of Skardu-Kargil Road.
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Kerala: Female student of Kannur Govt Polytechnic College alleges harassme
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A female student of a government polytechnic college in Kannur was allegedly harassed by a group of SFI activists inside the school campus.
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Former Nepali PM, dozens of activists stage march in Kathmandu in support
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Dozens of activists, including former Nepali Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Friday marched in Kathmandu in solidarity with Palestine. They called for a ceasefire and halt to the ongoing attack.
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Students' protest against KIU fee hike gets support from
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The protestors warned the administration against a 'civil disobedience movement' if they do not roll back on the fee hike decision.
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Same-sex union: Petitioners, activists unhappy with verdict but say there
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Even though the Supreme Court has refused to give marriage equality rights to the LGBTQIA+ community noting that conferring legal status to civil union can only be through a law enacted by Parliament, petitioners and rights activists, though disappointed, but were of the view that the ver
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Disappointed but will keep fighting, say activists after SC verdict on sam
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The activists and the people belonging to the LGBTIQA+ community were hoping for a decision in their favour.
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LGBTQ activists hope for positive verdict from SC in same sex marriage cas
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"We hope for a positive verdict, I think the court will give us something, it can be a civil right or marriage equality right. Everyone should get equal rights, we're all the citizens of one nation. If the court will give us the right, the government will have to follow it," Anjali Gopala
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